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B.Ed (Hons) Primary Education

B.Ed.

B.Ed (Hons) Primary Education

B.Ed.

DegreeUndergraduate

CategoryHumanities

Credit Hours135

Program Duration4 Years

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Education (Honors) in Primary Education will qualify students to teach children from 5 to 12 years of age in primary schools. They will develop their discipline knowledge of the primary curriculum areas, including: English and literacies, mathematics, arts education, humanities and social education, science, health and physical education, and studies of the environment and sustainability.

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Semester I

Placement in this course is subject to the result of the University Placement Test) This course focuses on all four skills: reading, writing, speaking and listening in general, and writing in particular at elementary level. With an ordered and integrated approach, the course strengthens students’ communicative competence in the English language. The learners are expected to be users of the language in informal as well as formal contexts with a sense of accommodation for new ideas.
Islamic Studies/ Ethics
The students will be able to explain the important features of foundation of education; specify the role of educational thinkers in education; discuss the modes of education; discuss historical development of Pakistan; evaluate the issues and problems in education.
Development of Education In Mauritius
At the end of the course, the learners will be able to teach General Science effectively in an innovative and creative manner. The course will enable learners to understand scientific concepts, differentiate between scientific products and scientific processes, understand the underlying principle of science education, apply appropriate methods and techniques for effective learning in Science.
After completion of this course students will be able to explain the basic concepts of teaching; demonstrate the essential attributes of the effective teacher; describe the importance and types of teacher planning; practice different teaching methods in classroom; organize classroom discussion and demonstrate its appropriate use; apply various techniques to motivate students; select appropriate audio visual aids in classroom teaching and prepare lesson plans.

Semester II

(Placement in this course is subject to the result of the University Placement Test) This course focuses on understanding of the English language to prepare the students at intermediate level of language skills including reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Mathematics is an integral part of business studies. In this course the quantitative skills of students are improved. To achieve this goal, we provide presentation of the mathematical principles, techniques, and applications most commonly used in business, economics, management sciences, and social sciences.
Pakistan Studies / Moral Philosophy
Critical Thinking and Reflecting Practices
After studying this course, students will be able to understand basic concepts in human development, growth and learning; process of human development and its classroom application; various aspects and stages of human development; different approaches to human learning; individual differences and their effect on teaching learning.
Methods of teaching Islamic Studies

Semester III

Computer Literacy
After completion of this course students will be able to explain the basic concepts of teaching; demonstrate the essential attributes of the effective teacher; describe the importance and types of teacher planning; practice different teaching methods in classroom; organize classroom discussion and demonstrate its appropriate use; apply various techniques to motivate students; select appropriate audio visual aids in classroom teaching and prepare lesson plans.
Pakistani Studies II / Moral Philosophy II
English – III
Teaching Literacy Skills
Teaching of Mathematics

Semester IV

After studying this course, the prospective teachers will be able to understand the concept and nature of assessment, differentiate between standardized and classroom tests, integrate objective with learning assessment develop and analyze test items of different levels, understand different alternative classroom assessment techniques, interpret test scores and results of different assessment techniques.
Trainee teachers will be able to explain the meaning and concept of classroom management; demonstrate the establishment of c constructive classroom learning environment; demonstrate the establishment of a constructive classroom learning environment; apply various management techniques to assist learners to be responsible for their classroom behavior; demonstrate classroom organization to increase student motivational analyze classroom situations to minimize behavioral problems, organize learning within a classroom environment to maximize available resources and space according to a variety of ages and grade levels of learners and evaluate classroom organization in simulated and actual classroom situation.
On successful completion of this course, learners will be able to demonstrate knowledge of the importance of guidance and counseling to support the teacher’s role in the classroom, explain the role of various members of a guidance and counseling system in supporting learners in addressing their future choices and social challenges, assist students in making informed choices to solve personal, educational and social problems they confront, refer students to resources that can assist them in solving social and personal problems they encounter.
After studying this course, prospective students will be able to use the different activities of development of comprehension; understand the importance and significance of oral language in literacy; use different activities to develop interest in the use of dictionary; use the principles of teaching and learning for effective literacy skills development; use information technology in their teaching; maintain the balance between different activities to assess their students’ formative and summative progress.
Arts, Crafts and Calligraphy
Supervised School Experience / Observation / Visits

Semester V

Teaching and Learning Strategies
Health And Safety In Schools
Child Psychology
To enable the students to describe historical development of psychology and its branches with special reference to educational psychology, analyze the meaning of educational psychology and its various methods of study, understand the different schools of thought in relation to educational psychology, and the factors of child development specially the heredity and environment, leap psychological aspects of child’s physical, intellectual, emotional, and social development.
English -111 (Technical Writing & Presentation Skills)
Instructional and Communication Technology in Education

Semester VI

After completing this course, prospective teachers will be able to manage and plan school academic matters effectively, manage and plan school budget matters effectively, manage and plan students affairs related to co-curricular activities, manage library and instructional material, manage upward, downward and horizontal communication, manage and plan school-community relationship activities, resolve conflicts among different custodians of school community, maintenance and management of school infrastructure and programs.
Research Methodology in Education
Students will deal with the concept and role of culture in promoting educational and social values, learning the process of socialization in rural and urban settings, grasping the role of language in shaping cultural identity and understand the role of language policy in the creation of national identity, discussing social stratification in Pakistan and consequences for education, evaluating the educational impact of social institutions, family, media, and neighborhood.
Research Project and Report Writing
Test Development and Evaluation

Semester VII

This course aims to familiarize students with the principles of making different kinds of oral presentations and speeches. Students study how to make an outline, collect data and organize it to develop clarity. After generating ideas and finalizing topics, the students deliver speeches and learn to manipulate body language, tone, voice variation, etc. Gradually, the students gain confidence and overcome the fear of public speaking.
Philosophy of Education
The students will learn the nature of inclusion in terms of inclusive education, become aware of the strategy, examine the different models of inclusion used for enhancement of learning, apply variety of adaptations and teaching strategies in coping with learning disabilities, find out the role of community in establishing effective partnership with schools.
After studying this course, the prospective teachers are expected to have appropriate knowledge of ideological and philosophical perspectives of education, be familiar with the base of education in the light of Muslim philosophy and ideology and its application in the educational system of Pakistan, be able to develop the real sense of philosophy and determine the dimensions of educational philosophy, be able to study the western educational thoughts.
The students will be able to argue on the positive and negative aspects of current issues, discuss the gradually reducing gender disparity in education in Pakistan and its likely consequences, analyze the relationship between national curriculum structure and career opportunities, consider how best environmental awareness can be enhanced through schools.
Introduction to Guidance and Counseling

Semester VIII

It comprises 06 credit hours, and aims at giving awareness of research to the students in different areas of economics.
Language Didactics English / French
Life Skills for Educators
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Program Features

Courses 44
Duration 4 Years
Level Undergraduate